title: Mobile phone health apps for diabetes management: current evidence and future developments.
abstract: Can an app help manage diabetes? We discuss how the advent of mobile health apps in connecting patients to providers is creating new opportunities for the management of diabetes. Although there are promising outcomes, there is still much to be learned about how such technology could be fully exploited.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, R. Fraser Elliott Building, 4th Floor, Toronto General Hospital, 190 Elizabeth Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4. shivani@humanfactors.ca.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cafazzo
mesh_terms: D040421:Cell Phone / Q000639:trends; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D019468:Disease Management; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style